[2] Cross played for the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons — 1951, 1952, and 1953.

[3] Cross played both left and right halfback during his time with the Cardinals, gaining more than 800 yards both as a runner and a receiver and scoring a total of 12 touchdowns.

[3] Ahead of the 1951 season, the diminutive 5'6" Cross was touted as the smallest player in the National Football League.

[1] What Cross lacked in size he made up in speed, earning the nickname "The Canadian Comet" — a reference to the name of the town in Texas from whence he came.

After his time in professional football, Cross became an educator, teaching back home in Canadian from 1968 until 1989.